Read Psalm 19.
What if told you there is a new product out there that is changing lives. It is known to refresh you at your most exhausted point, increase your clarity, and make you more joyful. After using it for awhile you will start to understand things that you didn't before and desire it more than wealth. It will last forever so no need for buying replacements or renewing your membership. It's completely trustworthy - no gimmicks here. As an added bonus, you will continue to receive rewards the more you use the product.
Now maybe you're not one to jump on the latest bandwagon, but you have to admit, this sounds pretty good. I would guess that lines of people trying to get their hands on this product would pop up all over Dallas. We might be hesitant at first, doubting that it would actually work, but we would be crazy not to want these benefits for ourselves.
While the Word of God is by no means a quick fix to happiness, these are the same descriptions used to describe God's Word in Psalm 19. It revives the soul, makes wise, rejoices the heart, enlightens the eyes, lasts forever, is true and righteous, is more desirable than wealth and honey, and is a great reward.
There is no catch. This isn't a gimmick. We have access to these things each and every day if we would just read His words. If you're anything like me you may be thinking, "Ya, but I've tried that, and it doesn't work." And maybe that's because we reduce God's Word to an actual product like described above. We think we can just lather it on or drop it in our diffuser to experience the impacts. Instead, Scripture is much more than a product. It connects us to a relationship with our Savior. A relationship that follows us through the ebbs and flows of life. A relationship that is there when the words don't make sense or seem to apply and when they are the most exciting thing we've heard all day. But like any relationship, it's one that we have to interact with and be a part of in order to experience the benefits.
Or think about it this way. You wouldn't expect for every conversation you have with your spouse, or every cup of coffee you grab with a friend to feel as if it was life altering. And yet, every time we sit down with our Bibles we expect the Words to rock us to our core. Maybe the problem isn't "the product" but how we're using it.
"Taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him."
-- Emily Larzabal